Dialog 'Properties' - 'External file'

Function: The dialog is used to view and edit the properties of the external file. The properties were defined when the object was created. Changed properties are saved by pressing the “OK” button.

Call: Menu bar: “View Properties”; context menu of the object

Requirement: The object of the external file is selected in the “Devices” view or the “POUs” view.

Table 561:
“What do you want to do with the external file?”
“Remember the link”	The file is available in the project only as long as it exists in the defined file path.
“Remember the link and embed into project”	CODESYS saves an internal copy of the file in the project, as well as the link to the defined file path. The update option selected below applies as long as the external file exists there. Otherwise CODESYS uses the version saved in the project.
“Embed into project”	CODESYS saves only one copy of the file in the project. There is no longer a link to the external file.

Table 562: “When the external file changes, then”
“Reload the file automatically”	If the external file changes, then CODESYS updates the file in the project.
“Prompt whether to reload the file”	If the external file changes, then a dialog prompt opens whether CODESYS should also update the file in the project.
“Do nothing”	The file remains unchanged in the project, even if the external file changes.

Table 563: “Linked File”
Requirement: Either the “Remember the link” option or the “Remember the link and embed into project” option is selected.
The following information about the linked file is displayed: “Name”, “Location”, “Size”, “Changed”.
“Display File Properties”	Clicking this button opens the default “Properties of <file name>” dialog, which you can also open in the Windows file system by right-clicking the file.

Table 564: “Embedded file”
Requirement: Either the “Remember the link and embed into project” option or the “Embed into project” option is selected.
Display of the following information about the embedded file: “Size” and “Changed”
“Update the embedded file”	: If the external file that was added to the project is changed in the specified file path, then CODESYS updates the embedded file in the project.